Vail Eagle Hockey Association

Meeting Minutes

February 13, 2008

Back Bowl, Eagle

  1. Call to order

The Meeting was called to order at 6:45 PM

  1. Roll call

The following persons were present: Kurt Davis, Alan McLean, Linda Chase, Myron Alt, Pat Hirn, Jared Biniecki (VRD), Glen Heelan, Barry Biegler, Dave Peel

Absent: Kris Wyatt, Gary Defina, Sheryl Gower (WECMRD Rep.)

Guests: None

  1. Approval of minutes from last meeting

Minutes of previous meeting were approved.

  1. Open Issues

Financial Report: Kurt presented the Board with the current financial status plus an accounts receivable status report. The board spent several minutes reviewing the A/R report and current cash position. The Board reviewed our various fund raising activities.

A request was made to have Nancy Hart attend meetings to discuss financial specifics and to bring her laptop for review of specifics.

Motion: By Alan – move to issue a check for $4350.00 to MADD in Memory of Jake Brock. Second by Glen. Discussion – the dollar amount represents the profit from the Jake Brock Memorial Thanksgiving Tournament.

Sponsorships: The board believes the fund raising responsibilities should be divided up into a minimum of two segments, one being Rink Boards, one being Corporate sponsorships. The Pond Hockey and Sportsmanship Tournament will continue as separate major fund raising activities.

Alan was asked to place an announcement on the Web, stating players would receive 10% off a player’s hockey bill for any new sponsorships brought to VEHA by the players family.

Pond Hockey Tournament: The modified Pond Hockey Tournament was a success. We had several teams from out of state including a team sponsored by William Ford and Ford Motor Company.

The Board also acknowledged the time and effort of Pat Hirn and Myron Alt in organizing the tournament.

Code of Conduct: Myron reported back on the code of conduct. Myron presented updated Codes of Conduct and a Coaches Code of Conduct. Board consensus was to accept and upload the Codes of Conduct.

Several suggestions were made on ways to improve the presentation and acceptance of the Codes by participants. One suggestion was a one page synopsis to present to the younger players. Additionally was to set up a bullet point presentation for the Codes, Dave peel stated he would work on those.

WEBSITE: The Committee, Alan and Myron presented the New Web site to the Board and reviewed the pages. Teams have begun adding information to the site. The new site is easy to maintain and any registered member of the Website can easily be given permission to contribute to the site.

Board members were asked to help write information for the site:

Andy – Welcome

Linda – Board of Director’s Page

Team Updates: None at this time.

  1. New business

WECMRD – Red Wings Camp – WECMRD sent Andy an email requesting VEHA commit to 30 hours of ice time from the end of the Camp until the Florida Panthers have their training camp. The Board discussed the ability to use this ice and can we support the additional cost of buying the ice. Based on time commitments from various events including a Power Skating Clinic the board felt we should go forward. We already have a number of commitments from top College and Professional personnel to conduct the sessions.

A commitment to better advertise the camp with surrounding associations was made by Board Members.

Glen Heelan resigned at the conclusion of the meeting.

Set next meeting Date and Time: The next meeting is scheduled forMarch 12, 2008 atDobson Arena at 6:30 PM

  1. Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 9:15 PM

Minutes submitted by: Alan McLean, Secretary

Minutes approved by: